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Roosevelt wrote columns and delivered speeches sharply chastising Taft, accusing him of violating “every canon of ordinary decency and fair dealing.” O’Toole’s narrative of the ruined friendship paints Roosevelt as the pigheaded party who refused Taft?...

Author: By David Zhou, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BOOKENDS: 'When Trumpets Call' Tells Tale of TR's Twilight Years | 4/6/2005 | See Source »

Both the Palestinians and the Israelis are pigheaded and blinded by their faith. There should be no Israel and no Palestinian state. Instead there should be a nation based on objective, rational law, not emotional, subjective religion, one in which the cultures and religions can coexist and thrive. The U.S...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 29, 2002 | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

They were, of course, the lucky ones. Between 1933 and 1944, America's record in admitting refugees from Nazism was dismal, a moral blot. Less than half the already stingy immigrant quotas were filled because of the timidity of Franklin Roosevelt and the pigheaded xenophobia of his Under Secretary of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART: A CULTURAL GIFT FROM HITLER | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

With Harvard's pigheaded history in mind, we suspect that Hickey's impending "retirement" will not be reconsidered.

Author: By William L. Kirtley and Megan L. Peimer, S | Title: Joe Hickey's 'Retirement' | 2/6/1997 | See Source »

Sources familiar with the Inspector General's investigation say the former CIA station chief absolutely denies wiretapping Horn. For his part, Huddle says "there's absolutely no truth whatsoever in Horn's allegations." Personality clashes played their part: a State Department colleague calls Huddle "a little martinet," while a DEA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting in the Way of Good Policy | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

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